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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 65 

To reauthorize the programs of the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 25 (legislative day, JANUARY 5), 2011 

Mr. INOUYE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the programs of the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hawaiian Homeowner5 ship Opportunity Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR HOUS7 ING ASSISTANCE. 

8 Section 824 of the Native American Housing Assist9 ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 

10 4243) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years’’ and all that 


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1 follows and inserting the following: ‘‘fiscal years 2011, 

2 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUS4 ING. 

5 Section 184A of the Housing and Community Devel6 opment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘or as a result 

8 of a lack of access to private financial markets’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) 

10 and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE HOUSING.—The loan will be 

12 used to construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 

13 1- to 4-family dwellings that are— 

14 ‘‘(A) standard housing; and 

15 ‘‘(B) located on Hawaiian Home Lands.’’; 

16 and 

17 (3) in subsection (j)(7), by striking ‘‘fiscal 

18 years’’ and all that follows through the end of the 

19 paragraph and inserting the following: ‘‘fiscal years 

20 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.’’. 

21 SEC. 4. ELIGIBILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME 

22 LANDS FOR TITLE VI LOAN GUARANTEES. 

23 Title VI of the Native American Housing Assistance 

24 and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4191 et 

25 seq.) is amended— 


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1 (1) in the title heading, by inserting ‘‘AND 

2 NATIVE HAWAIIAN’’ after ‘‘TRIBAL’’; 

3 (2) in section 601 (25 U.S.C. 4191)— 

4 (A) in subsection (a)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘or tribally designated 

6 housing entities with tribal approval’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘, by tribally designated housing 

8 entities with tribal approval, or by the De9 partment of Hawaiian Home Lands,’’; and 

10 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or 810, as applica11 ble,’’ after ‘‘section 202’’; and 

12 (B) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or title 

13 VIII, as applicable’’ before the period at the 

14 end; 

15 (3) in section 602 (25 U.S.C. 4192)— 

16 (A) in subsection (a)— 

17 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

18 (1), by striking ‘‘or housing entity’’ and in19 serting ‘‘, housing entity, or Department of 

20 Hawaiian Home Lands’’; and 

21 (ii) in paragraph (3)— 

22 (I) by inserting ‘‘or Department’’ 

23 after ‘‘tribe’’; 

24 (II) by inserting ‘‘or title VIII, as 

25 applicable,’’ after ‘‘title I’’; and 


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1 (III) by inserting ‘‘or 811(b), as 

2 applicable’’ before the semicolon at 

3 the end; and 

4 (B) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘or 

5 housing entity’’ and inserting ‘‘, housing entity, 

6 or the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’’; 

7 (4) in the first sentence of section 603 (25 

8 U.S.C. 4193), by striking ‘‘or housing entity’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘, housing entity, or the Department of 

10 Hawaiian Home Lands’’; and 

11 (5) in section 605(b) (25 U.S.C. 4195(b)), by 

12 striking ‘‘2009 through 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘2011 

13 through 2015’’. 

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